The test, therefore, is ordered if a person presents with symptoms suggesting rheumatic fever or glomerulonephritis and has had a recent history of sore throat or a confirmed streptococcal infection. Since the incidence of post-streptococcal complications has dropped in the U.S., so has the use of the ASO test.
According to Moina, this was the first group-effort asking for poppies to wear in memory of âall who died in Flanders Fieldsâ. Since this group had given her the money with which to buy them, she considered that she made the first sale of the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy on 9 November 1918.
The seeds of the Flanders poppy (Papaver rhoeas) had lay dormant on the front lines of France until 1915 when they were disturbed the the soldiers fighting in World War 1 and coincidentally, the weather was perfect conditions for them to germinate.ROWING FLANDERS POPPIES. Flanders poppies are very easy to grow from seed in April. Choose a full sun position and either do a mass planting or sow in drifts through the garden. With such a stunning red colour, you canât have too many in the garden.